harlequin
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right about time I got some rigging done.....the rugby world cup has ended badly for England so time to get the ropes out......for the rigging of course.
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tend to agree with a lot of what you say, and the personal agendas were blatantly obvious. As to whether it would have been shown if the results were different, not sure about that but again I probably agree with you on that also. You are not prejudiced in the way you think or what you say.
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Just watched a fascinating documentary of the Mary Rose and the DNA samples taken from several of the remains found on the ship after it was brought up from the Solent....it now transpires that fighting along side the English on board ship that day were at least two crewmen whose origins were from North Africa and from Italy and Spain.. Tudor England was more diverse than we realise.
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seems only yesterday I was at the same stage
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well there you have it...….all masts and yards completed....yards coloured black just need all the ropework.....Bellona....you nearly ended up in the breakers yard but we struggled on......only your rigging to go now.....what a 6 years...…...HMS Pegasus is beckoning.
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last of Bellonas yards being turned on my minicraft lathe attachment, this one being the mizzen topgallant yard.....6 long years to this point. Rigging ahoy.
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your on the home straight now then....
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some of the yards completed minus the blocks and ropework...will be onto the rigging soon. Main yards and sprit yards shown here.
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it is a minicraft lathe attachment....not made anymore but can be picked up on ebay…...the two rods are not long enough in the kit so i bought some stainless steel rods to extend the range of the lathe.
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same here Bob......never coloured any of my timbers either.
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Almost 30 Years since my last build!
harlequin replied to Todd Hart's topic in New member Introductions
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yes spot on...the rest of the planking will replace the part of the false keel you remove.
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Me....I am not bothered one bit about the accuracy of the kits I build...whether one colour is right or wrong or if this bit is right or wrong...My corel Greyhound and Victory have had little or no modifications to the materials supplied. Me I just enjoy my hobby. I am not a historian so details don't bother me.....I go to my workshop and just build, sometimes get frustrated and annoyed when things don't go right but it keeps be busy and whether my ships or accurate or not I really don't care.....I have a model that looks great to me. Is the real Victory accurate?....I don't know.....not a lot of people seem to know...so I accept the Victory in Portsmouth as having been a great battleship and historically important ....me I accept Her in all her glory.....right or wrong....I don't care....I don't suppose She does either. Be thankful She is still with us......even if most of Her has been replaced over the hundreds of years of Her existence.
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Just popped by for look at Black Pearl.....looks superb...the ghostly shades are perfect.
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Pieter Be careful though when you thin the false keel not to remove to deeply or you will have a very thin false keel. The first and second planking can also be sanded back to achieve the right result.
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I have trimmed the keel a little to accommodate the 2 layers of planking. The first planking has also been thinned in the corresponding area to ensure a nice smooth even contour down to the area where the rudder will fit.
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